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Social distancing rules during coronavirus in Wales

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Outdoor gatherings

You can meet people from one other household outdoors. There is no limit on the size of the group, but everyone in the group must be from two households. Groups from three or more households are banned.

Keep two metres apart from anyone you meet who you don’t live with.

Exceptions include:

helping in an emergency

caring for a vulnerable person

fulfilling a legal obligation or taking part in legal proceedings

people working together who cannot work from home

weddings or civil partnerships attended by up to 10 people where one of the partners is terminally ill

funerals

moving house

Indoor gatherings

You cannot be indoors with anyone you don’t live with without a reasonable excuse.

Staying local

You cannot leave or stay out of your local area without a reasonable excuse.

Exceptions to the rules

Reasonable excuses to leave your local area or be indoors with someone you don’t live with include to:

buy food, including alcohol and other luxuries

buy tools and supplies for home repairs or gardening

exercise outdoors, as long as the exercise starts at your home

get medical help and supplies, including for pets

give blood

care for a vulnerable person

help in an emergency

escape an abusive or other dangerous situation at home

work, if you cannot work from home, including volunteering or charity work

take children to school or childcare, or take them between parents’ homes

move house, if you cannot delay your move

go to a recycling centre

visit a library

get money or collect a delivery

fulfil a legal obligation or take part in legal proceedings

access social, employment or victim support services

attend a funeral or visit a burial ground or remembrance garden

broadcast a religious ceremony, wedding, civil partnership or funeral

continue existing arrangements for contact between parents and children

You cannot leave your local area to do any of these things if you can reasonably do them in your local area.